Explores the social, cultural, and political developments in France in the period before the Revolution
The account of the reign of Louis XIV included a description of the central government in war and peace , many chapters on what is now called social history , and four chapters on literature , science , and art .
There are three significant questions which may be asked about the Enlightenment, as about any similar phenomenon: what? whence? and whither? This is a short general survey of this important...
Pigalle's Voltaire Nu : The Republic of Letters Represents Itself to the World . ” Representations 16 ( Fall 1986 ) : 86–109 . ... Paris : Armand Colin , 1984 . Hanley , Sarah . " Engendering the State : Family 3 2 2 Works CITED.
Presents the life of the French philosopher, discussing his literary and philosophical writings, his tumultuous relationships with some of the rulers and thinkers of his day, and his lasting influence on French culture.
The Expert Cook in Enlightenment France explores a unique intersection of cultural history, labor history, and the history of science and medicine.
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Freedom in French Enlightenment Thought examines how five eighteenth-century French theorists - Montesquieu, Diderot, Rousseau, Voltaire, and Condorcet - kindled the flame of freedom in America and France.
The French Revolution and Enlightenment in England, 1789-1832
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